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Release Notes: Version  0.5.4535   Release

  Version  0.5.4535   Release Date   Feb 14, 2026

Pretender Wars, Total War I Update - Patch 1

This is a mandatory update.

A patch has been deployed, addressing community reported issues and UX suggestions. 

Notable Changes

Vibe

  • Various changes to the default Rulebook settings based on community feedback

  • Adjusted claiming costs, economic, warfare and diplomacy settings. For full details, please check the Rulebook changes on Discord.

Quality of Life

  • Company and Garrison List is now ordered by coordinates (empty Garrisons listed at the end)

  • Claim Bid:

    • Color coded values, extra warnings and additional tooltips were added for clarity

    • Claim Exceeding the Bid Value limit is no longer an error (Over-limit bids are auto-clamped)

    • Bid Step setting is now properly enforced while adding extra resources to increase the Bid Value

    • Added "Total Estimation" segment to show the total investment necessary to claim the tile under current factors / Bid Value.

  • Move dialog: “Jump To” button is no longer disabled in View Mode

  • Patrol:

    • Now also visually marks the starting waypoint

    • Back and Forth pattern: path lines now display arrows on both ends

    • "Future path" now displays full command path, shows extra line to the next waypoint and next waypoint line also enabled for circular pattern (to show off-path deviations)

Fixes

  • Fixed company path rendering glitches

  • Move dialog cost display no longer shows “?” in certain cases

  • "Sneaking" state (trying to get past occupied tiles) is now properly cleared when a Company is destroyed

  • Fixed Company duplication when a traverse-edge (Mountain/Swamp Lore) unit was killed during an ongoing battle

  • "Sneaking" is now correctly cleared at end of tick for Companies set to sneaking after battle

  • Fixed Patrol and Patrol with back and forth pattern issues

  • Wasteground tiles can now be claimed correctly (previous diplomacy check failure fixed)

  • Claim progress: top contestant now updates correctly when outbid

Thank you for all the bug reports — they truly helped us resolve these issues much faster! :)

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